Saint Laura of Constantinople (died 1453) was a Roman Catholic nun who lived in Constantinople. She was a member of the Order of the Holy Trinity.
Life
Ancestry and early life Her birth name was Theodolinde Trasci. She was born in Greece into a noble family: her father was a Latin knight named Michael and her mother Helena was Albanian.De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925Calvo S., Resumen de las prerrogativas del Orden de la Ssa Trinidad, Josef Longas Pamplona I p. 219
Monastic life After she became a nun in Constantinople, she changed her name into Laura of Saint Peter, eventually rising to become an abbess at the age of 30.De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925 She was said to possess “excellent virtues of governance and piety.”De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925
Martyrdom She was martyred by the Ottoman Turks who took Constantinople on 29 May 1453.Calvo S., Resumen de las prerrogativas del Orden de la Ssa Trinidad, Josef Longas Pamplona I p. 219 They scalded her to death, as well as the other 52 sisters of her convent who were either beheaded or mortally wounded.Francisco de la Vega y Toraya, Chrónica De La Provincia De Castilla, Leon Y Navarra, Del Orden ..., Volumen 2. p.150
Her feast day is on 29 May.
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